Sunday, April 30, 2017

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

The Siren's a Callin' was released in March this year by Georgia-based indie polish maker Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer as both an Encore Siren Shade and a new addition to the 'It Got Away From Me, Yeah...' Dr. Who collection. Creator Julie describes it as a "navy blue with silver holo microglitter, fine turquoise shimmer, aqua shimmer, and turquoise glass flecks," and I'm telling you, this polish is dead sexy. The deep cobalty blue base and lighter, more cyanic components combine to give the appearance of a rich, dark cerulean or midnight blue sort of color, with a radiant, glistening teal blue shimmer effect along the axis of light, twinkling teal blue pinpoint sparkles throughout and aspects of indigo around the edges of the nail.

Striking and profoundly glamorous, it has this sultry/smoky/jazzy vintage feel to it that's difficult to describe. It makes
me want to put on something sparkly and go have cocktails and listen to
jazz in a dark, tucked away club to the wee hours. Application was great! The consistency of The Siren's a Callin' is fluid, full-bodied and dense with a thicker viscosity to which I added a couple of squirts of polish thinner at the outset. Thinned, it had a luxuriously plush, even, self-leveling glide over the nail that went on best for me in medium coats from a well-loaded brush. Pigmentation is very good to excellent, delivering evenly opaque coverage on the first coat and full, rich bottle color with the second. Often very fine shimmers like this will show brushstrokes, but this one does not. Cleanup is fairly straightforward with a bit of pigment travel and some trace staining. The Siren's a Callin' dries naturally in good time to a flat, gently textured finish that is easily smoothed by a generous layer of topcoat, which also accentuates the presence and effects of the components.Photos show two coats of The Siren's a Callin' over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite. The color of the polish leans very blue in the pics. In person, there's a touch more green to it.

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer The Siren's a Callin'

It's even better in person. Richer. More sultry.

This polish really doesn't come together completely until you get topcoat on it. You start to get an idea of the potential with the second coat, but a glossy topcoat really brings out the true nature of this superbly-composed beauty. The color is deep, lush, mysterious and ornate, and the shimmers and tiny twinkling sparks are an exquisite complement. And although it definitely has an after midnight vibe, it's breathtakingly beautiful in the sun as well, where the color brightens and the twinkly clouds of tiny sparks take on a gorgeous prismatic quality.